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“If they wanted to have time to read a book in the evenings, that was as important as any of Napoleon’s ambitions. Because what a triumph it was for any woman to have time for herself—and to be able to do something that benefitted her imagination alone.”
― Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads

“People became free in literature first. It was through books that new ideas entered the general population.”
― Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads

“The female body was particularly absorbent when it came to shame. If you wrung out any woman’s body, you would discover it was soaked in shame.”
― Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads

“Her heart leaped like a frog out of a child’s fist.”
― Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads